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Tonne vs Tune - What's the difference?

tonne | tune |

As verbs the difference between tonne and tune

is that tonne is while tune is to modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.

As a noun tune is

a melody.

tonne

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t
  • (colloquial, darts) A score of .
  • Usage notes

  • A tonne (about 2204.6 pounds) is not exactly the same as a long ton (2240 pounds). Because "ton" and "tonne" usually have the same pronunciation, the phrase "metric ton" is frequently used for "tonne" where disambiguation is required.
  • In the 1970s the British steel industry promoted the pronunciation /?t?n?/ to help avoid confusion. The pronunciation /t?n/ has also been used for the same reason.
  • * 1971 . Transactions of the Royal Institute of Naval Archtects , page 215, volume 113, 1971
  • The metric ton or 'tonne' is accepted as a synonym for the megagramme, and this form Is to be preferred on the grounds of brevity and familiarity in the industry. It may be as well to use the pronunciation 'tunnie' until the risk of confusion with the old ton has passed.
  • * 1972 , Which , May 1972
  • The British Steel Corporation, going metric but realising the possible confusion between a ton and a tonne (1,000 kilograms) has directed its staff to pronounce ‘tonne’ ‘tunnie’.
  • * 2002 , Richard Chapman, Physics for Geologists , page 138, CRC Press, 2002 ISBN 0415288053
  • The tonne'' rhymes with ''con'' (perhaps not in North America!) to distinguish it from the non-SI unit of weight, the ''ton'' rhyming with ''bun .

    Synonyms

    * metric ton * megagram

    Anagrams

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    tune

    English

    (wikipedia tune)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A melody.
  • A song, or short musical composition.
  • (informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.
  • Your engine needs a good tune .
  • The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
  • Your engine is now in tune .
    This piano is not in tune .
  • (UK, slang) A very good song.
  • You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? —Mate, that is a tune !
  • (obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
  • * Shakespeare
  • the tune of your voices
  • (obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
  • * John Locke
  • A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune , as when he is dragged unwillingly to [his task].

    Derived terms

    * change one's tune * in tune * out of tune * to the tune of * carry a tune

    Verb

    (tun)
  • To modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.
  • to tune a piano or a violin
  • * Dryden
  • Tune your harps.
  • To adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device (such as a radio or a car engine) so that it functions optimally.
  • To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
  • * Milton
  • For now to sorrow must I tune my song.
  • To sing with melody or harmony.
  • * Milton
  • Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, / Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
  • (South Africa, slang, transitive) To cheek; to be impudent towards.
  • Are you tuning me?

    Derived terms

    * fine-tune * stay tuned * tune in * * tuner * tune out * tune up

    Anagrams

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